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The cause of death is not clear but there were no signs of foul play, Lehman said. She added that the bones appear to have been there "months and months."

The area is where the cities of Troy, Royal Oak and Birmingham border. The person who found them initially contacted Birmingham police, who turned it over to Troy.

The woods is located between the SOCRRA recycling center and Home Depot store on Coolidge Highway. It's bordered on the west by the CN raillroad tracks and it is not heavily trafficked, though some homeless people have been known to frequent the woods, Lehman said.

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